useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
Muscat (wine grape variety); Muscat (Oman)
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
personal (employee); employed; retained
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to become inverted; to become reversed
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
menstruation; period; time of the month
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong)
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)